Consumers want a privacy fence for smart homes, but by replacing "Works with Nest" with "Works with Google Assistant," Google is giving them a walled garden (Dan Seifert/The Verge)

Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Consumers want a privacy fence for smart homes, but by replacing “Works with Nest” with “Works with Google Assistant,” Google is giving them a walled garden  —  But in addition to the rebranding, Google announced that it will be discontinuing the Works with Nest program …

from Techmeme http://bit.ly/2H8T1jY